Dental inlay-holder.



B. F. GOPP. DENTAL INLAY HOLDER. Arrummon nun JUL! 2, 1909.

Patented N019, 1909.

provided, in its projecting BENJAMIN F. COPP, DE LAS CRUC'ES, TERRITORYEW MEXICO.

, DENTAL IN LAY-HOLDER application filed .nn ie, 1909. seriiiao.505,705.

To all 11:71 am it may concern."

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Come, a citizen of the United States,residing at Las Cruces, in the county of Dona Ana and Territory of NewMexico, have invented a new and useful Dental Inlay-Holder, ofwhich thefollowing is a Specification.

The objects of'the invention are, generally, the provision, in amerchantable form, of a device of the, class which shall be inexpensiveto manufacture, facile in operation, and devoid of complicated parts;specifically, theprovision of an implementadapted to hold crowns,fillings, and the like, while the same are being polished or subjectedto other mechanical manipulation, the implement being so constructedthat it will firmly hold the substance which is being worked, withoutscratchii'ig or mutilating the same; other and further objects beingmade manifest hereinafter, as the description of the inventionprogresses.

The invention consists in the novel arrangement and construction ofparts hereinaftcrdeseribed, delineated in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointcd out in that portion of this instrument whereinpatcntable novelty is claimed for certain peculiar and distinctivefeatures of the device, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat hereinafter thus is claimed, divers changes in theform,proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made,without departingirom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthe invention. i

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote correspondin partsthroughout the several figures 0f the rawings:

In the accompanyin r drawings :--F,igure 1 is a longitudinal section,arts being in elevation; Fig. 2 is an end eliavation or the handle andthe tube, the adhesive element being removed; and Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of a modified form oi. the invention, parts beingin elevation.

In carrying out my invention, I provide, primarily, a holder consistingof a handle 1, in one end of which is mounted a tube 2, arranged toproject beyond the handle 1, and portion, with a above mentioned,

. W, Specification of Letters Patent.

I the adhesive member,

Patented Nov. 9, 19%9.

plurality of apertures 3. Mounted upon the end of the tube 2 is anadhesive member 4c- This adhesive member t may befashioned from wax,cement, or other like substance, adapted to hold firmly the elementwhich is to be manipulated, the same in the present instance being shownin the form of a crown 5, provided with a pin 6.

The adhesive member at may be fashioned from any cement, wax, ormodeling compound, and its structure may be such that itwill soften u)011 the application of heat. WVhen thus soitcned, the crown, or otherelement which is to be polished is inserted into and the crown and theadhesive member introduced into cold water, to harden the adhesivemember about the crown. After the adhesive member has thus hardened, thecrown may be polished or otherwise manipulated.

The apertures 3 in the tube 2 serve to engage the adhesive member 4, andto permit the same, when heated, or otherwise softened to find itswayinto the interior of the tube 2, whereby the adhesive member and thetube may be rigidly assembled.

The device is, as hereinbefore pointed out, adapted to hold a variety ofarticles for mechanical mani ulation. However, owing to the tubular ormof the member 2, which the pin (5 is adapted to move, the device ispeculiarly adapted for handling pin -owns, the cement or other substancecon stituting the adhesive member, engaging the pin 6, and the innerwalls of the member 2- The adhesive member 4 is preferably arrangedtoabut against the extremity of the mounted therein, this abutmentbetween th member and the handle stiffening she structure,and tending tomake the same rigid after the cement has hardened.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a slight pnodification of the invention, thesame consisting in cutting away a portion of the side wall of the tube2, as denoted by the numeral 8. The advantages incident to thisconstruction are that the device is thus adapted to conform to the shapeof an anterior crown 7.;

Having thus described my invention, what: I claim new and desire toprotect, by Letters- Patent is':--

handle 1, about the tube 2 which into adhesive 1. A device of the classdescribed comprising a tube and an adhesive member mounted uponthe tube.v

2. A device of the class described compris- 5ing a perforated tube andan adhesive men ber mounted upon the tube and arranged to i engage theperforations thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto :nfixedmy signature in the presence of two witncssce.

Witnesses:

R. M. Blss, BEN B. JONES.

